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Scenes like this feel deeply uncomfortable for me to watch. Between the heavy crowd contagion and filming children in emotional distress for online views, it crosses into coercive territory for me. How do other people view these types of youth 'revivals'?

OP of the video appears to be charles.g.robinette

Guys, I love you all dearly. You are a nice community. But there is something that just quite disturbs me and it does a lot of others here too.

I see a lot of times, when people make posts about needing help or question. And people in the comments, instead of helping them with their question, they call their beliefs false and spread their beliefs on them. WAIT! I know what youre thinking, you love us and want for us to believe what you think is truth . I understand that you are calling what we believe is false with the intention of love. But thats not how the person asking the question feels.

Example: Redditor 1 posts a post called: Guys, I struggle with sin a lot, please pray for me.

Redditor 2's comment: Youre struggling with an imaginary concept that entered you head called sin, Jesus isnt real, stop coping

After all, this is a sub about Christianity and not atheism. Thank you fornyour time

Further info on Hallow/ St Mary's birthday festival & related stuff:

https://web.archive.org/web/20260615203811/https://hos.fi/en/orthodox-catholic-procession-in-honor-of-the-virgin-mary-in-helsinki-on-the-8th-of-september/

https://web.archive.org/web/20260518004459/https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2022/09/celebrating-latter-marymass-nativity-of.html

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5rb7zsPt2iM

https://www.instagram.com/p/C_yGATAuaO5/

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1579629903529312&id=Philokaliafoundation

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ettu_Nombu&oldid=1341635139

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monti_Fest&oldid=1349737742

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The idea of Christianity being real makes me uncomfortable.

Not because I want to keep sinning and living for myself. Not because of any selfish reason like that.

But because knowing that the people I love will spend an eternity, or even just some time, in hell would wreck my mental health.

I don't understand how any person could have any kind of joy or peace while knowing that some of their loved ones will end up in hell.

I also don't think that the idea of a loving God allowing anyone to go there will ever make sense to me.

This is probably the biggest reason I cannot be a Christian and the usual explanations of God being loving but also just won't do it for me.

Edit:

I don't think that belief is a choice. These people are not choosing hell, they don't know that there's a choice to begin with. In fact, I would say that many of them would choose Jesus if they knew that was an option.

I'm not saying that we shouldn't be held accountable for our sins but I don't see an eternity in hell as a just punishment for the majority of people. Maybe some temporary punishment or just death.

Can someone with a good heart pray for me? For health? I need health. My name is Bruno Eduardo. If you have time, do it.

I’m at a point in my life right now where i don't understand anything. I’m just so exhausted!!! If God is alive, loving, and powerful, why does He allow His own children to fall into deep, dark depression and isolation???? WHY???!!!!

Hes always forced the fact that a wife must be submissive in all things and obey their husband and that he is over me, I must listen to him and do as he instructed, I am to be quiet and not talk back, if I did it would be a long drawn out argument. He says I wont be blessed away from him, that the blessings that have come to me where only through him, and without him Im screwed. He says im disobeying the Lord by not doing as he (my husband says) and im on a fast track to hell. And he always says he doesnt care about my emotions and feelings, and God doesnt care about them either. And as long as Im disobeying him, the Lord wont even hear my prayers. Hes also been being very prideful, comparing himself to christ and gets very offended when I tell him hes just a man, because "since Christ lives in him, he is Christ Like. "

Hes very adamant that I wont be okay without him since me divorcing him is out of the will of God. I havent felt the Holy spirit at all in about a month, even when I pray. And Im worried I might be making the wrong decision. My husband is in prison so marriage counseling is out of the question. We've tried Bible study together, but I stopped wanting to do that because he interprets the Word differently than me, and sometimes I feel its wrong. But he will bring up other scriptures that he feels back him up, and my knowledge of the Bible is small, so I try not to debate that. He reads his Bible daily, prays daily, fasts often, and I barely even pray anymore. My Bibles gotten dusty. And I feel I cant compare to his wisdom of The Scriptures. But in my heart I truly feel what he says the Lord is like cant be true. Cuz I've always heard the foundation of Christianity is Love. And I dont believe the Lord would ever turn his ears from me, just because I disagree with my husband, or choose to do other than he instructed.

Sorry for all the word dump. I just dont have anyone else to ask.

Context is probably helpful:

I’m doing this just to engage in interfaith conversation. Despite being raised not very religious and in a diverse community, I was intentionally sheltered from nearly all things Christianity. I’m still learning what seems like very basic things and would much rather have conversations with people when I think we need more of that in the world.

I’m not interested in converting anyone or being converted. I firmly believe that tolerance goes hand in hand with coexistence, and you cannot respect someone while also trying to change a core part of who they are. So this is my reassurance to you all that I just want to learn.

Side note: Jewish religious texts cover tens of thousands of pages (if not more), most of which I haven’t read, and I’ve only read one chapter of the Bible. With that in mind, if you ask me how I feel about a verse or concept from any specific text, chances are I’m going to have to Google it before answering. Happy to do so, just please keep in mind that I’m possibly hearing about the topic you’re asking about for the first time.

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PC

Trying to deprogram from a church that taught sinless perfectionism and that everything was a sin. For example they taught that a women having close females freinds was committing adultery against her husband because emotions were for husbands only. Fringe teaching. Please pray for my mind to renew, and healing in a damaged area of my life bad theology didn't help. I pray for healing from the enemies lies.

Im an American in my late 20s. I lost my faith when I was 12 or 13. I struggled with why God would allow so much cruelty and hatred in a world where the goal wasn’t described to his followers (self glorification wasn’t compelling or seemed evilly narcissistic). I was told so many times that Satan was not more powerful than God, but the God of Heaven still allowed so much pain to be inflicted on people who had already suffered so much (friends, family, strangers)

To me, that was true cruelty. And it’s why the faith I held for so long shattered. I want to know why other people still trust in God. I’m asking earnestly because I’ve been struggling, and no one seems to have the answer. I want to know if there’s something I missed so long ago (glory of God was never valid to me either.)

-DP

I’m not particularly very Christian but I would like to hear what other Christian’s think about this. Personally I find it very odd and dramatic

I actually have multiple friends that are Christians, Mostly Egyptians though, so I would like the western side of this.

Many of my Christian friends get along with me and vise versa, so knowing that the other side of the coin would also not mind my religion would be a relief, as I have seen many Islamophobic videos who hate-preach on us Muslims, and also call us "Devil Followers".

I'm 14 and i feel a lot of responsibility for my family they don't know god and i feel i have an obligation to share with them but this is easier said then done I'm shy like really shy for personal reasons i can't go to school and because of that i suck at talking though a handful of times god has given me the strength my family kinda brushes it off and dealing with this and my own walk with god can be so stressful i end up relieving my stress through masturbating and it's so difficult i hate it but it slips so easily into my head i don't know what to do any advice would be appreciated

hello, my sister hasnt come home yet and im extremely worried, her phone is turned off and shes not responding. please pray for her return. please pray that shes safe and that shes okay, im worried sick.

God prepared humanity for the incarnation, but for the incarnation, there needed to be one who would give birth to the God-man. Mary was seen and chosen by God for this task; she was born for it, though in a way which she always had the freedom to decide if she would accept the task given to her or not:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/henrykarlson/2026/09/born-for-this/

Im losing faith and im having doubt that hes even real. I remember a verse saying that the enemy will deceive people with doubt. I would just like a prayer

Hello, I’m not inherently Christian but I’m signed up to attend my school’s bible study club this Friday. I don’t have a bible and they ask I bring one.

I’ve never ever owned a bible before. As far as I know, it’s a casual thing and mostly for meeting people, but I want to be ready. I love studying the bible and so many lessons it holds.

I’ve seen different kinds of bibles like KIV and NIV, what does it all mean and what bible do I get? I’m looking to get one off amazon after this week. Currently borrowing a friend’s!!

Thank you all kindly. :)

When I started believing I did so partly because I thought it would help me find a path to follow. Clarity for what I am supposed to do with my time on this earth. One of the biggest problems throughout my whole life is I never have any idea what to do with my life. Everyone one else I know knows. Even people I've met who say they don't know what they want to do at least have an idea of where to look. I have nothing. No motivation, no ideas, no passion, Im just floating here.

Genuinely if I vanished into dust tomorrow not one person would care. Most wouldn't even notice. My parents would be upset for a few months maybe at most, then back to normal. My roommates are my only friends and they would only care if I was gone because they'd then have to cover my share of the rent. My job would have a new hire to replace me within a week.

I can't stand not knowing what to do or where to go in life. No matter what I look into, or try, nothing. Even God didn't give me an answer. Ive been in a rut for months now. I can't even bring myself to go to my perish anymore, I haven't for a month now. I might go to mass tomorrow night just to tell the office to unenroll me from the RCIA classes I was signed up for.

It isn't that I don't want to do it, but I just think it would just be an insult to God at this point to expect to show up like I'm not a piece of crap and eventually get baptized. I've read the whole bible now, went to church for a year and I still feel like I never met God. I still don't understand anything about him. I still have no clarity.

I'm certain God wouldn't want someone who can read his whole book and still know nothing, still be an alcoholic, still be addicted to porn, still be so angry all the time, still hate where he is in life but not know how to change it or where to even begin. this is clear by the fact I haven't met him, or if I did, I wasn't a good enough person to even notice.

I do believe in God, I have since I was a child despite my non believing family and parents. I believe he is right in all things and that he can help people beyond what they can imagine, and that's wonderful. My problem is that I'm getting to a point I don't know if I believe he will help me specifically. And if that's the case, then I deserve it. Fair. But Id be lying if I said that isnt scary to think about.

Im sorry if this didn't really stay on topic or felt rant-y. Like I said, alcoholic. I was drunk writing this. I just don't have anyone to tell my thoughts to.

I just needed to vent I guess.

Who made God? The God of Gods.

Who made the God of God's? The god of the god of gods

it doesn't make sense. Humans cannot phantom something being self existent. You keep asking but who made God. When the answer is I am. The who made question doesn't end but if God says his self existent then dang why am I limiting someone on a grand scale to the limits of a mere mortal. I don't understand it but it just is. Also if god wasn't self existent it would mean he was put in charge.

point you get nowhere trying to ask where God comes from? I'll just believe his word.